---
title: 'The Wild Bunch (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Peckinpah'
released: '1969-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 145
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wild-bunch-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065214/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wild Bunch (1969)

1969 · R · 145 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film co-written and directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah)
- **Screenplay:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah), [Walon Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/walon-green)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Fielding](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-fielding)
- **Producer:** [Phil Feldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-feldman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-ballard)
- **Editor:** [Lou Lombardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-lombardo)

## Cast

- [Alfonso Arau](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-arau)
- [Albert Dekker](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-dekker)
- [Rayford Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/rayford-barnes)
- [Chano Urueta](https://cinepixo.com/people/chano-urueta)
- [Jaime Sánchez](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaime-sanchez)
- [Dub Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dub-taylor)
- [Edmond O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-o-brien)
- [Enrique Lucero](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-lucero)
- [Ernest Borgnine](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-borgnine)
- [Emilio Fernández](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-fernandez)
- [Aurora Clavel](https://cinepixo.com/people/aurora-clavel)
- [L. Q. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/l-q-jones)
- [Bo Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-hopkins)
- [Bill Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-hart)
- [William Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holden)

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